WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday said Defense(防卫,保护) officials are closely watching protests that have flared up in Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon, as Pentagon hosts senior Egyptian military leaders for talks...
The Pope has signed into law new rules aimed at making the financial dealings of the Vatican Bank more transparent. The move comes as the bank is being investigated over money laundering claims. The Vatican is setting up a financial watchdog to monit...
Their journey takes them through the Gulf of Mexico. Vinson is heartsick about the oil contaminating the Gulf of Mexico and the fate of her Purple Martins and other migrants. I'm afraid that for the next 20 even maybe 30 years we are going to be look...
Some estimates say pirates collected more than $100 million in ransoms in last two years alone Cathy Majtenyi | Nairobi 21 May 2010 An upscale house in Nairobi Real estate prices in Kenya's capital have doubled, even tripled, in the past few years, a...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 December 2007 Election monitors from the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say Sunday's parliamentary balloting in Russia was unfair and failed to meet democratic election standa...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 November 2007 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says it will not monitor parliamentary elections in Russia next month due to official restrictions imposed by that country. VOA Correspondent Pet...
By Jim Fry Washington, D.C. 20 July 2007 A non-profit organization in Washington, DC is exposing more than 100 websites run by jihadist organizations but hosted by Internet service providers in the U.S. The Middle East Media Research Institute is pub...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 13 September 2006 The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reports dramatic progress in de-mining around the world. But landmines still inflict a terrible toll in 58 countries worldwide, says the campaign group in its annual...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 June 2006 U.S. officials say a program to track, potentially, tens-of-thousands of financial transactions is an important part of anti-terrorist efforts carried out since the September 11, 2001, al-Qaida attacks in th...
Alex Belida U.S. defense officials are closely monitoring developments in Sudan's troubled Darfur region but say there are no plans at present for any military response to the humanitarian crisis ther...